The purpose of the university is enough different from that of the liberal arts college that there exists a systematic bias against and neglect of liberal arts in the former. Insights are given into the causes of and solutions to this problem. (MSE)

Colleges must seek a curriculum that prepares a student for a career as well as citizenship. A trilinear curriculum is suggested that combines equal parts of general, integrative (theme-oriented, interdisciplinary, and elective), and vocational courses and that begins with precollegiate education. (Author/MSE)

Undergraduate research course content is examined in a survey of 131 programs. A need is seen for integration of research content with the entire social work curriculum and for clarification of research content guidelines, since research use affects the development of social work theory, practice, and accountability. (MSE)

Explains the nature of a course on the biology of women which is part of a minor in women's studies. Provides the course objectives and a listing of all the courses required for the minor in women's studies. (DDR)

Provides pathological examples for which graphing calculators sometimes give surprising, misleading, or incorrect results. Investigates some of the more interesting of these examples encountered while using the TI-85 in a variety of undergraduate courses including calculus and matrix theory. (DDR)

A course at Hampshire College that examines the character and history of literary natural history and surveys many of its significant American authors and works is described. Issues of the relationship between people and nature are raised and discussed in terms of current environmental debates. (MLW)

A course at Hampshire College that joins the literature and analytical approaches of anthropology with certain texts in English, American, and European literature and modern criticism is described. The problems of the relationship of observer to observed, of author to text, and of audience to text are covered. (MLW)

Librarians must help students establish basic research skills, enabling students to find their way in the pertinent indexes, bibliographies, and electronic databases. A course at Hampshire College in bibliographical instruction is described. (MLW)

Institutionalized curriculum change requires administrative leaders in key positions to act as lead mediators and change agents, giving attention to system and organizational characteristics as well as the development of networks of interpersonal influence. (Author/MSE)

An Australian study investigated the perceptions of 28 graduate and undergraduate students concerning university teaching and learning, especially with regard to their contact with research projects. The objective was to determine whether students are aware of faculty's research role and whether the conduct of research has an impact on teaching…

Reform of undergraduate education will only succeed if undergraduate study is reconceptualized as a process of gaining proficiencies, learning to think critically, and strengthening character traits, not simply taking a series of courses. The college environment must also support this kind of individual development. (MSE)

This article argues that liberal education can not thrive as a backward-looking set of principles, but must adapt to social change if it is to continue to be central to higher education. Educational leaders are urged to reexamine, and structurally reform, undergraduate education to preserve the centrality of general education. (MSE)

Because of the rapid evolution of electronic publishing and information technology, books will be only one of a wide variety of formats for information exchange. In undergraduate study as in other areas, the future of books is dependent on the continuing habitual tendency and preference of adults to read text. (MSE)

Undergraduate education is illiberal because the progression from general to specialized learning does not support students in learning how to make choices or explore their consequences. Courses late in the student's program, rather than at the outset, that explore disciplinary boundaries and interconnections could be useful. (MSE)

Interdisciplinary courses are needed to illuminate the meaningful relationship of science to other subjects. Discusses the nature of the geology curriculum and how it is interdisciplinary by nature. Contains 19 references. (DDR)